Village Photos in Xinjiang, Western China

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These " Village Photos in Xinjiang, Western China " were taken during my 2006 trip to China.

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Uighur woman in front of her yurt Camel and goats in front of a traditional yurt near Lake Karakul Uighur woman in front of her Lake Karakul yurt Uyger woman offering jewelry for sale Tajik women in front of their yurt at Lake Karakol Yurts in Tashkurgan meadow in western China Solar-powered yurt in western China Traditional animal-skin yurt Traditional yurts near Lake Karakul New-style yurts constructed of concrete and painted white View of meadow and yurts from atop Tashkurgan castle Mosque near Tashkurgan fort Tajik Mausoleum in Tashkurgan Mausoleum near the ruined fort in Tashkurgan Tajik homes outside of Tashkurgan Camel and yurts on the shore of Lake Karakol Camel in Xinjiang Yak in China Goats in front of a yurt

Uygur boy on horseback at Karakul Lake Tajik temple Village in the remote Kunlun mountains Mosque on the road to Kusrap village Aerial view of agricultural fields and villages near Urumqi in western China Tajik elder Young Tajik man Tajik woman sitting on a bench in front of a shuttered window in Tashkurgan Tajik adobe huts in the Kunlun mountains Fruit seller in Kusrap Village below a mountain in Xiniang Tajik mother and son Group of Tajiks riding a tractor Boy on a donkey Datong village, surrounded by high mountain peaks, partially powered by solar Central street in Datong Girl working at a stand near a passport checkpoint on the Karakoram highway Chinese girl and boy working at a stand near a passport checkpoint on the Karakoram highway Kyrgyz Boy on horseback Abandoned government-built town in the desert of western China Rocky Tajik home near a high elevation grassland Tajik Muslims in Kusrap Husband and wife doing house work in Kusrap Kusrap man Man with donkey cart filled with sticks Kids in Kusrap Husband and wife in Kusrap Children in Kusrap Man fixing a window in Kusrap while a woman standing below Kusrap elder resting Adobe home Tajik or Uighur (Uyghur) home along road towards Datong

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